012 Stop degrading yourself

The water bottling plant had already produced 100,000 mineral water bottles, and the Factory Director was now starting to take orders from society.

They hadn't even advertised yet, and orders were flying into his office like snowflakes.

But the water bottling plant ran out of bottles to begin production.

Now outside the factory, a large crowd of regular people had gathered to buy water, some driving cars, others riding electric scooters, blocking the only remaining water bottling plant in Xiang City.

Left with no choice, the Factory Director could only wait for Hua Mi to arrive. After that, they opened the back door of the water bottling plant and started unloading goods with the workers.

Empty bottles were unloaded, and mineral water bottles filled with pure water were loaded onto vehicles. It was definitely not possible to haul away all 100,000 bottles at once.

Hua Mi would load tens of thousands of bottles, store them once in her warehouse, then make a trip to the temporary rescue center to transfer them to Cao Feng.

After several trips,

all 100,000 bottles were finally sold, and Hua Mi successfully upgraded her Level 3 storage to Level 4.

Regarding the strange superpower of the apocalypse supermarket, Hua Mi felt that the most reassuring aspect was this upgradable storage.

As long as she stockpiled enough, the storage could be upgraded indefinitely.

However, this thought didn't let her feel fortunate for long.

It was when Hua Mi desperately produced mineral water bottles, preparing to upgrade her storage to Level 5, that the damn panel notified her,

"!!! Due to incomplete overall supportive infrastructure, storage cannot be upgraded to Level 5."

What the hell was supportive infrastructure? Hua Mi squatted beside her large truck, clutching her hair in thought for a long time. Could it be that her storage had been upgraded to Level 4, but her Black Land was only 1 square meter?

This...indeed was quite a gap.

"Sister."

Outside the entrance of the temporary rescue center, Fang Xin found Hua Mi again.

Still squatting by the tire and clutching her hair, Hua Mi looked up to see Fang Xin hurrying over.

Armed guards from the Garrison stood on both sides of the entrance.

Seeing the delighted Fang Xin, Hua Mi kept a poker face, stood up, and turned to leave.

Fang Xin shouted from behind,

"Sister, I just saw Brother Ziran. He has been looking for you here for several days."

Hua Mi paused in her tracks.

A glimmer of joy flickered in Fang Xin's eyes. Yes, the moment Hua Mi heard the name Qin Ziran, she would definitely stop.

Hua Mi's cold behavior towards her these days was out of the ordinary, which made Fang Xin feel a bit panicked.

As if Hua Mi had already slipped from her grasp.

How could that be the case? Hua Mi had to provide her with food, water, and even money for a house. How could she lose control now?

At critical times, she still had to bring up Qin Ziran to make Hua Mi obey.

Fang Xin approached, her face a mask of deep concern,

"Sister, I know you and Brother Ziran have some misunderstanding, but your relationship is so good, wouldn't it be fine if you just talked it out?"

"The most important thing is, Sister, you've been in a worrying state recently. You're not even talking to me, Sister, and I'm your dearest, most beloved little sister."

Hearing Fang Xin's last sentence, Hua Mi's body began to tremble faintly.

Fang Xin, standing behind Hua Mi, thought she was crying.

Yes, Hua Mi had been so abnormal lately, even showing aggression towards her; it must be because Qin Ziran was unfaithful, and that made her upset.

What a pity, what a pity, Hua Mi would never know that the object of Qin Ziran's affair was actually Fang Xin.

Thinking about this, Fang Xin felt a victorious sensation of having outmaneuvered Hua Mi.

She stepped forward proudly as if she were a champion, and yet in the guise of a truly caring and good sister,

"Sister, if you think about it from another angle, which man in this world doesn't cheat? Even if Brother Ziran has women outside, his heart is still with you. Sister, please don't keep sinking into this depression, okay? Stop crying..."

"It's not that; I'm laughing."

Hua Mi turned her face around, and her expression uncontrollably showed laughter.

Her body shook lightly, unable to hold back her laughter.

Fang Xin was taken aback, "Sister, you!"

"I just find you really funny."

The smile on Hua Mi's face inevitably grew wider, her gleaming, fox-like eyes staring at Fang Xin,

"What's with you, huh? Giving yourself like that to a man to sleep with, while Qin Ziran keeps saying, 'Oh, I just see you as a sister.' He's such scum, and you're so cheap, so worthless?"

When she used to be with Qin Ziran, he always referred to Fang Xin as his sister, which wasn't new at all.

Thus, when she learned about Qin Ziran's infidelity, Hua Mi never suspected Fang Xin.

But as it turned out, the whole world knew about Qin Ziran and Fang Xin doing things behind her back except for her.

The soft, innocent expression on Fang Xin's face suddenly turned ugly.

She opened her mouth, emotionally spitting out:

"Sister, what are you saying? What do you mean? Do I have anything to do with Brother Ziran? If I'm close to Brother Ziran, isn't it because you are my sister and he's your boyfriend?"

Hua Mi slightly shifted her face, to avoid being sprayed with Fang Xin's spit.

Only after Fang Xin finished speaking did Hua Mi calmly say,

"Look at the relationship between you and him; you can't even bring it into the light, aren't you cheap? Such a fine girl, not bad looking at all, why do you like to pick men out from the trash..."

Once these words came out, Hua Mi herself was stunned for a moment; suddenly Gong Yi's words echoed in her ears,

"Don't pick men from the trash heap again."

She hadn't; she had reformed and stopped picking men from the trash heap.

Hua Mi rebutted internally and picked herself up, focusing again on Fang Xin,

"Fang Xin, you're the one degrading yourself. As for me, I'm so busy now, I don't care what you and Qin Ziran do; it has nothing to do with me."

She turned to leave, but Fang Xin grabbed her arm,

"Stop, sister, make yourself clear!"

The next second, Hua Mi grabbed Fang Xin's wrist and pulled her, smashing Fang Xin hard against the truck door.

There was a loud "bang," and due to the commotion, the garrison looked over.

Hua Mi noticed the garrison's attentiveness; she smiled as she steadied Fang Xin,

"How could you be so careless? What's the rush? See, you've fallen."

Fang Xin held herself with a wronged expression; she didn't understand how she had been thrown against the door by Hua Mi—she hadn't even seen Hua Mi's move.

Many people hadn't seen it clearly.

Just as she tried to speak, she heard Hua Mi softly warn her,

"This is your second time escaping from my hands; don't be so cheap again."

The garrison was already approaching them, probably because the atmosphere between the two was explosive.

Hua Mi did not want to have a conflict with the garrison; these were respectable and endearing people, and she didn't want to stand against them.